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York C Mark I, MW102, VIP Standard aircraft MW102 was flown to the Far East for the use of Earl Mountbatten as Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, on 1 April 1944.

Aug 1945 WWII Okinawa Lord Mountbatten's airplane for Japanese Surrender




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Actually it is not the French plane but the Dutch Fokker F.36 ( Fokker F.XXXVI ) passenger plane of 1934. And indeed she was used in the GB because she was sold to there in 1939 and registered as G-AFZR.



the pic source; the net.

Pupils at No. 1 Air Observer and Navigation School prepare to board Fokker F.XXXVI, G-AFZR, for a training flight at Prestwick Ayrshire. G-AFZR (formerly PH-AJA of KLM) was purchased by the RAF in 1939 as a navigation trainer, being flown and maintained by Scottish Aviation Ltd, Prestwick, under its civil registration. It crashed on take off from Prestwick on 21 May 1940 and then she was scrapped.


the pic and info: THE ROYAL AIR FORCE TRAINING COMMAND, 1939-1940.

As the PH-AJA of the KLM ....


the source: Jedyny w swoim rodzaju Fokker F.XXXVI Arend
 
No problemo, Pal. My initial thought was that it just could be a French aircraft too. The roundel looks really like the Armée de l'air one. But later I have reminded myself the KLM passenger plane.
 
Built 1943.[1] Assigned serial MW103 [N 1] the aircraft was passed to BOAC at Mildenhall on 30 January 1944, becoming G-AGLA.

Transferred to BSAA British South American Airways on 6 May 1949, becoming Star Fortune, the aircraft was returned to BOAC following merger with BSAA 30 July that year, recieving the name Kingston. Withdrawn from use at Hurn 31 October 1950, G-AGJA was delivered to Lancashire Aircraft Corp on 29 May 1951, gaining military registrations WW508 and WW541 for UK trooping flights.

Acquired by Skyways Ltd. on 20 February 1955, G-AGJA was withdrawn from use and broken up at Stanstead during August 1959.





  1. G-AGJA
  2. WW2 press release photographs-AVRO YORK AIR TRANSPORT PLANE | eBay
 
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